The future is virtual. We’re here to help you make the most of it.

At Virtual Umbrella, our mission is simple: to help businesses tap into the commercial and creative potential of immersive technology.

Working alongside new and leading VR brands alike, our kick-ass in-house team provide everything from cutting-edge strategic consultancy to event management, live demos, content creation, social media management, and branding. It doesn’t matter if you’re an established VR power-house or an up and coming developer. If it’s virtual, we’ve got you covered.

VIRTUAL UMBRELLA IS A SPECIALIST MARKETING AGENCY, WITH A FOCUS ON VIRTUAL REALITY.

Since opening our doors in March 2015, Virtual Umbrella has become a valuable partner for our clients, providing high quality work and support for an industry that we can be proud of.

We love working with exciting technology and supporting businesses when creating brand new VR experiences. Virtual Umbrella are able to work with you on an agile project basis or a more complex retained based service. We’re able to work across the UK and internationally.

When it comes to VR, the Virtual Umbrella team are everywhere, making sure we’re keeping on top of the next big thing as well as running our own events! We recently ran the biggest VR event ever in London in February 2016- VRUK Festival

Our Services

Marketing

Audits, plans, social, branding.

Consultancy

Strategy, testing, content distribution.

Events

Festival organisation, management, tours, staff & equipment hire.

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Our Case Studies

The world of virtual reality has been really busy. So have we.

About Us

Virtual Umbrella was founded in 2015 by the multiple award-winning entrepreneurial duo, Bertie Millis and Samantha Kingston. Innovative, ambitious, and fiercely passionate, Virtual Umbrella is an internationally-recognised business with world-class clients.

Over the past two years, the VU team have introduced virtual reality to over 18,000 people and worked with names like Uber, Gucci, TechCrunch, Nokia, Mintel, Merge VR, AT&T, and more.

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Meet the Team

Bertie Millis

VR thought-leader. Twitter wizard. Business genius. Bertie is Virtual Umbrella’s Managing Director, responsible for project delivery, client acquisition, business proposals, and VR masterclasses. He’s at his happiest introducing people to VR for the first time and testing out the shiniest, newest tech there is. His latest VR masterclass, ‘VR today & tomorrow’, is now available at TwentyThree™.

James Williams

Marketing Consultant

VR evangelist. Believer in businesses. Marketeer. James Williams is a VR evangelist who assists Virtual Umbrella in all aspects of their business. James is fascinated by the intersection of art, science, and technology, and is working towards a future that will see virtual and augmented reality as a mainstream medium, and a vital part of our lives.

Samantha Kingston

Dinosaur lover. VR pioneer. Award-magnet. Samantha is Virtual Umbrella multi-award-winning Client Director, and first port of call for our clients. She’s BIMA’s Rising Star, the Venus Awards’ New Business of the year, one of the Drum’s 50 under 50, part of the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 2017, and an all-round VR superstar. She’s also a proactive voice for women in tech, having co-founded VRGirlsUK and moderated numerous panels on gender equality in the workplace. Her favourite dinosaur is the T-Rex!

Georgina Challis

VR Technician

Tech-whizz. VR lover. Demo expert. Georgina Challis is an all-round technical wizard, VR expert, and an invaluable member of Virtual Umbrella’s events team, having helped demo at EGX, Insomnia, and MIPTV. There’s nothing she likes better than introducing someone for the first time!